Tag: Urbania

Going Nomad

Borbay On The Go In Exuma

On July 8th, our two-year lease expires, but we aren’t renting another apartment. Instead, Erin, Coraline, Vega and I are leaving Manhattan and going nomad. Here’s the story… beginning right after college.

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Painting Process | Triboro Bridge Commission

Triboro RFK Bridge Painting by Borbay

In a move of great fiscal responsibility, the city renamed the Triboro to the RFK Bridge. While I don’t agree with Koching every bridge in a money-hemorrhaging city, I do enjoy painting them. In fact, this commissioned picture was based on a previous Triboro painting I created.

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2010 Borbay’s Year in Review on Canvas

NY Post Collage Painting Two

2010 kicked-off with a new title — Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker… and a broken fibula.

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Plein Air | Robert F Kennedy Bridge (AKA TriBoro Bridge) Late Evening

Robert F Kennedy Bridge Painting

Nothing beats a quick, fresh and loose plein air painting session on a Saturday. Setting up on my roof deck, I decided to capture the TriBoro Bridge (renamed the Robert F Kennedy Bridge in a fit of fine fiscal judgment by the perpetually frisky, former fat kat of Albany.) My objective was to keep it loose, explore and play with the paint without an preconceived notions.

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Painting Process | Eustace Tilley, The New Yorker Icon

New Yorker Eustace Borbay

The year was 1925, the heart of the roaring twenties. New Yorker protagonist Eustace Tilley (below) had little on his mind other than butterflies and jazz ensembles. That was then. Today, poor old Eustace is out of sorts. The headlines illustrate doom and gloom. Strange new breeds of Three Term Changing Butterflies demand attention… he feels guilty. A rich man in a sea of social decline, afraid of terrorism, wondering who wants to kill him and his way of life.

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